Stripe Team Schools vs. Don't go to College

On one hand HN readers and the development community in general has been happily advising folks not to spend time at college. On the other hand, HN readers' top-favorite teams is that of Stripe, who happen to come from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Cardiff, Berkeley and others. (https://stripe.com/about)

Discuss: is there any casual link between Stripe's academic roots and their success?